Difference Between Pidgin And Creole

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Introduction: This essay demonstrates with respect the difference between pidgin and creole. Firstly, it defines in a short overview of what pidgin and creole is. Secondly, it shows where the word origins come from, how pidgin develops into creole and how both differentiate from each other. Body: The Pidgin language is a contact language or a lingua franca which arouses naturally. This form of a language is needed if a few groups are exposed to one another over a long period of time. It develops due to a need of communication between those groups and a lack of will, mistrust or another reason not to learn another's language. Often pidgin is derived from a higher language but only uses a few words and extends their meaning. Furthermore …show more content…

It has a very simple grammar, because it has to be easily learned. They only serve as communication for a certain vocabulary as stated above. This means they can not fulfil all the functions which are needed to be a „full“ language. This is because pidgin is a new language while creole had time to evolve. Moreover pidgin is restricted which means that it is not able to convoy meaning of abstract thoughts and feelings. A pidgin is also unable to successfully express a poetic function. New studies from Bakker have shown that pidgin has more inflectional morphology than previously assumed. A speaker's mother tongue influences one's pidgin in a distinctive …show more content…

Pidgin and creole are both contact languages with their biggest difference that creole is the mother tongue of a language community. Furthermore, creole is a developed form of pidgin, which means that creole is a "full" language and pidgin is not one. Moreover, the word origin of creole is detailed and has a long history beginning with the Latin language until the Portuguese words crioulo and criado. On the other hand pidgin’s history is not detailed. Therefore it is assumed that it is derived from the Hebrew word pidjom which has the meaning for which it was mostly used the trade. The difference of pidgin and creole is that creole uses much more inflectional meaning and you can express thoughts and feelings with

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